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C., as Seconde Obe-r tier.H~b~tN R$Qpb(COPiob'rl.TFMMS OF STBCRIPTION.One year, strictly in advaince. ....1.00Six months " .. 65R4TIVlQ 4L1WRTIS1NG,One square (1 Inch) 1. insei-tion......75cEach subsequent Insertion ..... .40eLiberal discount on contracts or bythe colkumnu half or quarter columu.Marriage hotIces fi'ce and solicited.Obituties over 12 lbs ' ,Correspondent4> to Insure att ntion,Imustigite theio fM1 l 4ddtress.We are not responsible for the opin!ons of our Corm' yondent4.All comniuinteions for the papermust be adsireised to 'tke E(iitts ;business letters to the Publisher of theNEflO REFLECTfONS.Come er long an'-put on de crown .An' put on de flowin robe ;Yer kin praise the Lawd in sicli a gownAn' laugh at de biles of Job.I fel from grace, but now I'se backDun gone in do fold wid de lam'iAn' L cuts a ca p .r wid a mighty flneknackAs I -ats do religious ham.hery man orter b'Iong to de church'Ter keep outent de way ob sin,1For' (en1 he'll not be left in de lurch,But will shine like a new brass pin.y ole miarse was a mighty bad man,An' hie nebber would sing an' prayIn whar he's gone he needs a fanl.,For wid him its a mighty hot day.But narstei's wife was a good old soul,An' she prayed to de Lawd on high,tJ'An' now she's got de crown ob gol'And lbs ol de hicabenly pie.so so good now dat I'll steal no moWhile I stands on de gospel boat;jJtut ouoe in a while I'll step on (i sho!When I sees a nice fat shoat.-1ev. J. S. Bailcy, a Presbyterianminister, died suddeily on Tuesday oflast week, of paralysis, at his home inUnionville, S. C. Late the evening.before, he was on the streets, conversingfreely and in apparent good health.About 9 o'clock his family discoveredthat his articulation was indistinct.SHe retiredI in .apparently good spirits,'but in a few moments he was dliscovc red struggling~ in a paroxysm of paralyss Hi fe andl youngest dlaughjter were thme only persons with him atSthe time, but their calls for help wereAsoon responded to. Hie never spoke~after he was attacked,. and lingeredian unconscious state until 1 o'clocl<in the afternoon, when he died. TVhu~he family were (deprived of a kind hmus~~andl and( fath er*, andi( fonr chIurches o1their beloved pastor.-James liolcomnbe died on the 2nkinst., near Power's Shop, Laumrem~County, aged about 65 years. lie wasa member of the Baptist Church. IH<vs as a most successful fa'rnmer, and bjh<1is faithful attention to his vocatiot~accumnulated a himd1some1 property,~He leaves a wife and several children.jie had the good will and respect 01his community.Lut. General SherId4* AWues00inmand of The United StatesArmy.WASH-1$,GTON,& ei .-hformal transfer of the arm of elUnited Stel, to'th eetM.TSh dan, t6ol e nootr ythe headqpprters of ' ,army' In theWar Peprtment u.d)ng. GeeralShrts'et ordpoon in MaklhgimIs'lf acq d d iti the bilnessof the Ac. GeeiMl Sherman ndthe memUr of hIlst'ift retide're iipevery asstance. '$bbrtly bdtore 12o'clock the two highest ofilcers of thiarmy called on the Secretat'y of War;General hernian to take official leaveand General Sheridan to report fol.duty. The transfer was accomplishedquietly, and without any ceremonywhatever, beyond the issuance of Gereral Orders from Geogral Sherman relinquishing, and LIeutetiant-GeneralSheridan assuming command. and announceing his stai.. Shortly after thetransfer General Sherman and GeneralSheridan held an informavl reception,which was attended by all the otucersof the army ot dity ill Vashington ;also by the officers of the Second Artillery statiomed at Fort Mcen ry, andthe Bureau officers of the War De partment. They all took olicial leave ofGeneral Shernin, and were by himpresented to General Sheridan. .Theoffieen-1 of the Second Artillery werethe only ones in ifull uniforni. ThereWas 110 speech naking. SubsequentlyGeneral ShI-manlI aid General Sheridan, accomipanied by the Secretary ofWar, made an oflicial call upon thePresidenit.TIHE' PUBLIC DERT STArTEMExr.The debtH statement isshleld to-layshows a reduction of the public debt(Iuing the month of October. to be$10,304,798. he decrease of the debtsinice Jue 30, 1883. *39.584,470.33.Cash in the Treasury, $364,347.-501.93gYold certillcates, outstanding, $33,328,90.00 ;silver certificates, outstanding,$99,570,141.00 ; certfleate de posits, outstanding, $2,620,000.00; refunding certtleates, outstanding, $325.850.00, legal tenders, ontstanding,;$346,651,016,00 ; fractional currency, outstanding,$,990,303.31.THE LAND OFFICE.The annual report of the CommissMoner of tihe Land Office, published today. states that pre-emption flipgs arebeing made or procured to be made, toa great extent for speculative purposes.and the Commissioner renews the recomnmentdationi that pre-eimption), tiumber cutting and desert land la ws be repealed, and that the commutation feature of the homestead laws be amendb~ed so as to require at least twvo yeamrs'residence.-i The first bale of cotton ever p~ick..ed from thme tield by machhbery wasshown at thme cotton exchange inCharleston the other (day, and attractedl general attention. It was considered as good as hand picked cotton ofthe same gradle. It wais connaledthat if placedl with the others It couldInot be dIistingumishedl from the hanitdpikdcotton. The bale wais pickedneair uter, S. C.., by the, cotton hiarvesting machiuie Inlvented by C. T,. Mason). Jr. It 1s operated by onehorse andI one iman, and( will harvesttwo-and one half to three full bales perday. The bale will be sent to the convention of the national cotton planters''association at Vlckshurg next month.New TigmefHow Ckdeks and Wateb'ts are To Be RevolUotim*ed.TheNew Stan4ard to be General.The big Railroad Time Conveotlohre yYork 414, yorkW ;4h I wi only .WhangtAd regubi4t~e. fto k24th t rdgh'60t the COMA*;try, but will also affect the standarfltime,9f the erqtire eoun try. The stendardt adopted by that Convention regilate the time on this continent according to the meridiat lines West. fromGreenwich. Tiho continent is dividedInto live parts, each containing fifteenbarallels and eaci representing onehour. The Mirst division, called tie Inter Colonial, begins at sixty degreesWest of Greenwich and runs to seventy-flve degrees. It includes NewBrunswick. Nova Scotia, and part ofCanada. The next division is calledthe Eastern, running from 75 to 90 degrees. It includes' all the Eastern andmiddle States an( the Soithern CoastStates down to Georgia. rthen comesthe Central division, including the territory from 90 to 105 degrees. Thistakes in all the Southern States not InClded inl the Eastern division andnlearly all of what are called the Western States. The Mountai divisiontakes in the territories nearly to California, aml( then com.1les the Pacille diVision. which exteldis to the Coast. Nomatter where a city or )oint is in anyon1e of these divisions it has just thesmle thnle as every other point in theentire (tivision. - For inlstance. NewYork and Charleston have identicaltime, and so have Atlanta and Chicago.This seets a little queer at first, but Itis thought that. excellent results in theway of regularity will soon be observed.The divisions will be easily learned andevery body will k now that each divisionrepresents just one hour of time.Augrusta will be inl the Central (livisiolnwhe lmhiiburg. just acros the river,is in the Easter4. Therefore wthen iti 12 o'clock In Augusta just over theriver it is oily I1 o'clock. There willbe three t rains arriving at Augusta outof the Eastern division. Say theyreach the city at 12 o'clock, their conifiectionit will run by Central divisiontime and they can leave at 11:05, orapparently nearly nit hour before thetrains they connect with arrive.NEW HoME, NEw CxrrfzN.-During the coinIg week Shumate. Grady& Nichols will begin the construtetioniof quite a handsomo residence in theWest End, ot 'Pendleton street, for W.Brun lisont. pf Pickens County. who intends to temove to this city. Thebuilidhig will be of frame and contaitsix rooms. It wvill be in the form of aiT. The larger wing Will be 4txI6atnd the smaller 18x20. There will also b~e a librtary in th~e residence.Greenville News.-T wvo men01 from Asheville. N. C.have beent living mIyster'hiusly in iswamp in Opelousas Parih, L~a. Omiof themi calling himself Lane, muirdlered at man and was killed resistintarrest. His comnpanion was cal ledBrowni, anl dclimed to be his~ couisiniT1he(y ackntowledige having fledI fronjusttice ini North Carolina, and claimetto belong to the "Rdon ag."--Robert W. Wilson, of Pickentswas commhtittedI to jail yesterdayI oncharge of obtaining goods unider fa istpr'etences. It is charIged1 that lhe miortgtage.d a horse belonging to a relativerepr'esenting the animal to be hisGreenville aly News. 4th~ Inst.-TJMe Abbevile Press andapner,in oW ring suggestions for the approaching session of the Legislature,says;"Sotith Carollna being a free tradeState it will now be in order for thefiegsiature, o repeal the. ugeonp4itp1ri acth cfAayittlnvstedin cotton .factories Is exempt from tax.ation"Fi'ee trade has nothing to do *iti'tiequestion. The protective tariff levies atax on all imports for the purpose ofkeeping them out and giving homemanufactures a monopoly. . It is intended to protect hiome industriesfrom the competition. of for'eignersand to force, the public to. biy homeimade goods at higher prices thantheforeign goods can be bought for, Itrobs the people by compelling them topay more than they ought to pay forthings necessary for their comfortableexistence.The tax exemption encourages.home mantifacturis by decreasing thecost of their production. It leaves themarkcut open, but enables the cottonman ufacturer at home to make andsell his goods at less cost than he coulddo if he pald full taxes, the public receiving the benefit of the reduction.The exemption of the mills does not robthe taxpayer as the mills are newlycreated values which had no previousexistence aid have heretofore paidnothing. It benetits the taxpayer because it encourages the building of factories, which, at the expiration of ashort time, become taxable, addinglarge sums to the taxable values andrelleving all other property of much ofits share of the burden of supportingthe government and paying the debt.-Greenville News.-A CIncus BAnY.-A negro wo.nian from Due West visited Sells' cirens at Abbeville. Aftet witnessingthe perforlmances for some time she retired to a neighboring house and gavebirth to a boy. Dr. Cary was called in.Mother and child done well, and thebaby will be named Sells.-rTe directors of the different Narrow G(uage railroads from Rutherfordton, N. C., to Georgetown, S. C., havpostooned action Oi the proposal toconsolidate them all under ia Bostonsyndicate.I) Union coniity on Monday, Unioukatid Goshen Townships voted subscriptions to the Union, Gaffney Cityaid Rutherfordton Railroad, atDravton 'Townishiip voted almost tinaninmously against it.--U. B. White's, the~ defaultingT'reasurer of Newherry County, harbheeni senit to jail for a year, i dlefaultiof $ I,000) tine.-A colored woman gave birth to aihiheli while ift a wagon going to Newberry to attend court last week.- . + .-A cloth wrunig out from coldl wtter pntt aLbont the tneck at night isgood( for the so:'e throat.-Tw'~o million tons of tobacco areatiallill co(ttslinledl b.y the binnmalt--1nioni Connty has only 700 delin<pait taix payers (of 4,900, thei dlelint<pitnts bin~g p~rintcipally pols.shatbhy oldl CoUt mar~' en in ai a it lor.